/*
 * AnnotationSolver.java
 *
 * 03.05.2011
 *
 * Copyright 2011 Michael Lieshoff
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.mili.core.annotation;


/**
 * This interface defines an annotation solver.
 *
 * @author Michael Lieshoff
 */
public interface AnnotationSolver<T> {
    /**
     * Gets the annotations.
     *
     * @param cls the cls
     * @return the annotations
     */
    WrappedAnnotation<T>[] getAnnotations(Class<?> cls);

    /**
     * Solve.
     *
     * @param cls the cls
     */
    void solve(Class<?> cls);

    /**
     * Adds the annotation handler.
     *
     * @param forAnnotation the for annotation
     * @param ah the ah
     */
    void addAnnotationHandler(Class<?> forAnnotation, AnnotationHandler ah);

}